Regular users like to buy a half of an ounce so they don’t have to go every now and then to refill their stash.

A half of weed is perfect for parties, road trips and other activities of that nature.

Ounce of weed

An ounce of weed is exactly that—a full ounce. That’s precisely 28.3495 grams, and it’s usually sold as 28 grams.

You can often hear stoners abbreviate an ounce to just an “O”. An ounce is also referred to as a “zip”.

Now this is a pretty large amount of weed, and very few places actually sell in this quantity.

South of the border, most dispensaries in the US (where cannabis is legal for recreational use) offer ounce deals.

Buying weed in whole ounces is the most cost-effective way to buy weed for daily, high-volume users.

What does an ounce of weed look like? It’s about the size of a coconut.

Quarter-pound of weed

In the cannabis community it’s known as a “QP”, and the name says it all.

A quarter-pound of weed equals 113.4 grams, or 4 ounces.

Half-pound of weed

“Half-pack” and “half-pounder” are the main slang terms for a half-pound of weed.

A half-pound totals to 226.8 grams, or 8 ounces of dried cannabis.

Pound of weed

One pound (1 lbs) is 448 grams, or sixteen ounces. And that’s quite a lot— imagine a bulk of weed the size of a watermelon and you’re almost there.

To be honest with you, I don’t think one person (or an entire group of people) could consume that much weed in any reasonable amount of time, so I’d consider this a dispensary-level volume of cannabis.

Keep in mind that the legal limit for possession and sharing in Canada is 30 grams.